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This set of three brief vocalises comprises a Prelude, Scherzo, and Quasi menuetto. They were composed during the final year of the composer's life in 1958.

A more serious central shanty, Demons, is framed by two light-hearted settings, Enticement and Drunken Sailor. The ending is extrovert and rumbustious and almost guaranteed to bring the house down.

With exuberantly rhythmic textures skilfully wrought within a septuple metre, John Rutter's Toccata in Seven offers a lively new take on the toccata. The music moves from a jubilant opening to a more...

Scored for unaccompanied SSAA voices, this vibrant setting of Isaiah 9: 6 draws on the rhythms and textures of modern Nigerian art music in a setting full of dynamic contrast. A version for SATB voice...

This piano transcription of the gentle 'Mary's Lullaby' features a newly written Epilogue, a homage to George Shearing and evoking the style of this celebrated jazz pianist. Suitable for pianists at e...

The text of this motet is taken from the Palm Sunday antiphon, which celebrates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. The repeated 'hosanna' phrases at the end of the motet bear witness to Palestrina's m...

Let's begin again is the finale from John Rutter's 'musical fable' The Reluctant Dragon, and makes a perfect gentle encore or leave-taking piece. Also available in Encores for Choirs 1.

Sing, my Child sets a joyful text celebrating the beauty found all around us in everyday life. Characterized by tight harmonies and a dynamic percussion line, the buoyant 7/8 metre of the opening driv...

This a cappella setting of evocative words by E. Pauline Johnson is immediately appealing, with its playful, swinging syncopations and dancing scat accompaniment.

Songbird sets an evocative text describing songbirds that spin tunes of gold. The catchy, colourful melody is first presented by tutti voices, and is then woven through the vocal parts, often to scat...

Sanctum is a captivating setting of four movements of the Requiem text, inspired by the landscape of the west coast of Canada. Each movement depicts an aspect of Vancouver Island, exploring landscape...

handbells. This compelling a cappella setting of Henry Van Dyke's poem has a continual sense of motion, created by the 7/8 metre and scat singing style that is passed around the parts. A powerful and...

The affecting simplicity of this prayer gains an extra purity in this arrangement. A version for SATB is also available.

Marie-Claire Saindon's Keeping Time for Joy abounds with the joy of contemporary writer Sarah Windle's text in this uplifting piece. Folk-like scalic melodies, infused with momentum through changing c...

Setting a fifteenth-century English text containing some short Latin passages, this is a joyful, dance-like carol with a medieval feel. Now may we singen was originally published in the New Horizons c...

From the collection Bob Chilcott Carols 2, 'Still, still, still' is Chilcott's sensitive arrangement of the carol, scored for SATB unaccompanied. Interweaving harmonies and a recurring counter-melody...

This edition offers a significant earlier version of a section of the fourth motet, rescored passages from the fifth, helpful notes on performance, and supporting online materials. Comprehensive and p...

With a text by John Henry Newman, Lead, kindly Light is a short, moving piece perfectly suited for our current times. Step-like movement in the melody reflects the speaker seeking light in the darknes...

Also in Carols for Choirs 3 and 100 Carols for Choirs.

Based on Frances Anne Kemble's poem 'An Entreaty', this enchanting piece describes the experience of leaving a beloved time and place. Lush, expressive harmonies and lyrical melodies create a touching...

This short, eloquent Benediction sets words from St Patrick's Breastplate (5th century). Also available in John Rutter Anthems.

This setting of Phineas Fletcher's text is gentle and flowing, with a lilting, descending motif to characterise the 'slow tears'. Archer offers nuanced dynamics and imitative entries in this simple bu...

For soprano and tenor soli and unaccompanied mixed chorus.

Parte della John Rutter Anniversary Edition, questa è un'ambientazione di profonda bellezza di una delle prime preghiere inglesi, tratta dal Sarum Primer del 1514.

Settings of children's poems and nursery rhymes for unaccompanied SATB (with some divisi)